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2 inestabilidad
f.instability.* * *1 instability, unsteadiness\inestabilidad atmosférica changeable weather* * *noun f.* * *SF instability, unsteadiness* * *a) (de edificio, estructura) instabilityb) (de país, gobierno) instabilityc) (Psic) instability, lack of stabilityd) (Meteo) instability, changeability* * *= volatility, precariousness, insecurity.Ex. The rapid obsolescence of technology, the volatility of ephemeral standards and the high cost of maintenance have underscored the importance of adopting mainstream products and standards of the commercial market.Ex. In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.Ex. Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.----* inestabilidad política = political instability.* inestabilidad sísmica = seismic instability.* * *a) (de edificio, estructura) instabilityb) (de país, gobierno) instabilityc) (Psic) instability, lack of stabilityd) (Meteo) instability, changeability* * *= volatility, precariousness, insecurity.Ex: The rapid obsolescence of technology, the volatility of ephemeral standards and the high cost of maintenance have underscored the importance of adopting mainstream products and standards of the commercial market.
Ex: In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.Ex: Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.* inestabilidad política = political instability.* inestabilidad sísmica = seismic instability.* * *1 (de un edificio) instability; (de una estructura) unsteadiness, instability2 (de un país, gobierno) instabilityun período de inestabilidad económica a period of economic instability3 ( Psic) instability, lack of stability4 ( Meteo) instability, changeability* * *
inestabilidad sustantivo femenino
instability
inestabilidad sustantivo femenino instability
' inestabilidad' also found in these entries:
English:
instability
- shakiness
- unsteadiness
* * *1. [de construcción] instability2. [de régimen, economía] instability3. [de carácter] instability4. [de tiempo] changeability* * *f instability* * *: instability, unsteadiness -
3 precariedad
f.precariousness.* * *1 precariousness* * *SF1) [de empleo, salud, situación] precariousness2) [de recursos, medios] scarcity* * *a) ( escasez)b) ( de salud) precariousness* * *= instability, instability, insecurity, precariousness.Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex. Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.Ex. In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.----* precariedad laboral = job insecurity, job instability.* * *a) ( escasez)b) ( de salud) precariousness* * *= instability, instability, insecurity, precariousness.Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex: Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.Ex: In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.* precariedad laboral = job insecurity, job instability.* * *1(escasez): la precariedad en la que viven the deprivation in which they livela precariedad de recursos the scarcity of resourcesCompuesto:job insecurity2 (fragilidad) precariousness, instabilitydada la precariedad de su estado in view of the precariousness of his condition, in view of his precarious condition* * *precariedad nfprecariousness;viven en una situación de precariedad económica they are living in a precarious financial situation;la precariedad en el empleo job insecurity* * *f1 ( escasez) poverty, deprivation2 ( inseguridad) precariousness* * *precariedad nf: precariousness -
4 inestabilidad política
(n.) = political instabilityEx. The ending of the war did not, in the circumstances of political instability, end the need for secrecy and security in the transfer of information.* * *(n.) = political instabilityEx: The ending of the war did not, in the circumstances of political instability, end the need for secrecy and security in the transfer of information.
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5 inestabilidad sísmica
(n.) = seismic instabilityEx. Find information on building design in areas of seismic instability.* * *(n.) = seismic instabilityEx: Find information on building design in areas of seismic instability.
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6 precariedad laboral
(n.) = job insecurity, job instabilityEx. Although they enjoy better salaries, benefits, and dynamic work responsibilities, they feel enormous job insecurity.Ex. Job instability has increased for young workers during the 1980s and early 1990s.* * *(n.) = job insecurity, job instabilityEx: Although they enjoy better salaries, benefits, and dynamic work responsibilities, they feel enormous job insecurity.
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7 alterabilidad
f.1 changeableness, mutability.2 changeability, inconstancy, alterability, changeableness.* * *1 changeability* * ** * *femenino ( de material) instability; (de alimento, medicina) perishability; ( de colorido) tendency to discolor* o fade* * *femenino ( de material) instability; (de alimento, medicina) perishability; ( de colorido) tendency to discolor* o fade* * *(de material) instability; (de alimento, medicina) perishability; (de colorido) tendency to discolor* o fade -
8 concebible
adj.conceivable, cogitable, comprehensible, devisable.* * *► adjetivo1 conceivable, imaginable* * *ADJ conceivable, thinkableno es concebible que... — it is unthinkable that...
* * *adjetivo conceivable* * *= conceivable, thinkable.Ex. This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.Ex. This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.* * *adjetivo conceivable* * *= conceivable, thinkable.Ex: This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.
Ex: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.* * *conceivable* * *concebible adjconceivable, imaginable* * *adj conceivable* * *concebible adj: conceivable -
9 coyuntura
f.1 moment.la coyuntura económica the economic situation2 joint.3 juncture.4 trend situation.* * *1 ANATOMÍA joint, articulation2 figurado (circunstancia) moment, juncture\coyuntura económica economic situationcoyuntura política political situationcoyuntura social social situation* * *SF1) (Anat) joint2) (=momento) junctureen esta coyuntura — at this juncture, at this moment in time
coyuntura crítica — critical moment, critical juncture, conjuncture frm
3) (=situación) situation* * *1) (Anat) joint2) (frml o period) ( situación) situation* * *= juncture, conjuncture.Ex. For all national libraries a major factor is technological change in communication proceeding at an ever accelerating rating which has brought them to the current juncture.Ex. This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.----* alcanzar una coyuntura crítica = reach + a critical juncture.* coyuntura decisiva = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.* en esta coyuntura = at this juncture.* * *1) (Anat) joint2) (frml o period) ( situación) situation* * *= juncture, conjuncture.Ex: For all national libraries a major factor is technological change in communication proceeding at an ever accelerating rating which has brought them to the current juncture.
Ex: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.* alcanzar una coyuntura crítica = reach + a critical juncture.* coyuntura decisiva = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.* en esta coyuntura = at this juncture.* * *A ( Anat) jointla coyuntura socioeconómica the socioeconomic climate o situationa la espera de una coyuntura más favorable awaiting more favorable circumstancesaprovechó la coyuntura para irse he took advantage of the situation o opportunity to leave* * *
coyuntura sustantivo femenino (Anat) joint
coyuntura sustantivo femenino
1 Anat (de los huesos) articulation, joint
2 fig (circunstancia) juncture
(situación) situation
' coyuntura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ocasión
- caso
- situación
English:
fluid
- unhappy
- juncture
* * *coyuntura nf1. [situación] situation;la coyuntura económica the economic situation;en la coyuntura actual no es posible hablar de expansión the way things are at the moment, it's impossible to talk of expanding;aprovechó la coyuntura para solicitar un préstamo he took advantage of the opportunity to ask for a loan2. [articulación] joint* * *f1 situation2 ANAT joint* * *coyuntura nf1) articulación: joint2) : occasion, moment -
10 desequilibrio
m.1 lack of balance.2 mental instability (mental).3 imbalance.4 unbalance, unsteadiness, upset, imbalance.5 disequilibrium, dysequilibrium.* * *1 lack of balance, imbalance\desequilibrio mental mental imbalance* * *SM1) [de mente] unbalance2) [entre cantidades] imbalance3) (Med) unbalanced mental condition* * *a) ( desigualdad) imbalanceel desequilibrio de la balanza de pagos — the balance of payments deficit/surplus
b) (Psic) unbalanced state of mind* * *= imbalance, unfixing, asymmetry, unbalance.Ex. This results in an imbalance of error tolerance.Ex. There has been a dramatic ' unfixing' of gender identities in British society over the past fifteen years.Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.Ex. Unbalance occurs when the center of gravity of a rotating object is not aligned with its center of rotation.----* desequilibrio hormonal = hormone imbalance, hormone unbalance.* que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.* * *a) ( desigualdad) imbalanceel desequilibrio de la balanza de pagos — the balance of payments deficit/surplus
b) (Psic) unbalanced state of mind* * *= imbalance, unfixing, asymmetry, unbalance.Ex: This results in an imbalance of error tolerance.
Ex: There has been a dramatic ' unfixing' of gender identities in British society over the past fifteen years.Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.Ex: Unbalance occurs when the center of gravity of a rotating object is not aligned with its center of rotation.* desequilibrio hormonal = hormone imbalance, hormone unbalance.* que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.* * *1 (desigualdad) imbalanceel desequilibrio entre la oferta y la demanda the imbalance between supply and demandel desequilibrio de la balanza de pagos the balance of payments deficit/surplus2 ( Psic) unbalanced state of mind* * *
desequilibrio sustantivo masculino
sb) (Psic) unbalanced state of mind
desequilibrio sustantivo masculino imbalance
desequilibrio mental, mental disorder/imbalance
' desequilibrio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desigualdad
English:
imbalance
* * *1. [mental] mental instability2. [mecánico, en la dieta] lack of balance3. [en la economía] imbalance;el fuerte desequilibrio entre inflación y salarios the marked imbalance between inflation and wages* * *m imbalance;desequilibrio Norte-Sur North-South divide* * *: imbalance -
11 desviar + Posesivo + atención
(v.) = divert + Posesivo + attentionEx. The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.* * *(v.) = divert + Posesivo + attentionEx: The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.
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12 diseño de edificios
(n.) = building designEx. Find information on building design in areas of seismic instability.* * *(n.) = building designEx: Find information on building design in areas of seismic instability.
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13 disminuir la probabilidad
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14 distraer + Posesivo + atención
(v.) = divert + Posesivo + attentionEx. The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.* * *(v.) = divert + Posesivo + attentionEx: The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.
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15 factible
adj.feasible.* * *► adjetivo1 feasible, practicable, workable* * *adj.feasible, practicable* * *ADJ feasible* * *adjetivo possible, feasible* * *= workable, feasible, practicable, realisable [realizable, -USA], satisfiable, doable.Ex. The type of environment in which the principles of pre-coordination are workable are restricted by the acceptable bulk or length of index headings.Ex. Other words which might be feasible access points in a general index prove worthless in an index devoted to a special subject area.Ex. Now, with computerized data-bases and vast amounts of data in transit, access to it -- authorized and unauthorized -- is more practicable.Ex. Barbara Tillett's vision of one seamless bibliographic system, either real or virtual, looks realizable over a 5 to 10 year horizon.Ex. The result is a pair of overlapping sets of sufficient conditions for autonomy that are argued to be satisfiable by real human agents.Ex. This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.----* hacer factible = make + feasible.* ser factible de = be amenable to.* solución factible = workable solution.* * *adjetivo possible, feasible* * *= workable, feasible, practicable, realisable [realizable, -USA], satisfiable, doable.Ex: The type of environment in which the principles of pre-coordination are workable are restricted by the acceptable bulk or length of index headings.
Ex: Other words which might be feasible access points in a general index prove worthless in an index devoted to a special subject area.Ex: Now, with computerized data-bases and vast amounts of data in transit, access to it -- authorized and unauthorized -- is more practicable.Ex: Barbara Tillett's vision of one seamless bibliographic system, either real or virtual, looks realizable over a 5 to 10 year horizon.Ex: The result is a pair of overlapping sets of sufficient conditions for autonomy that are argued to be satisfiable by real human agents.Ex: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.* hacer factible = make + feasible.* ser factible de = be amenable to.* solución factible = workable solution.* * *possible, feasible* * *
factible adjetivo
possible, feasible
factible adjetivo practicable, feasible
' factible' also found in these entries:
English:
doable
- feasible
- practicable
- viable
- workable
- practical
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16 fallar
v.1 to get wrong (equivocar) (respuesta).2 to pass sentence on.3 to fail.este truco nunca falla this trick never failsme fallaron los frenos my brakes didn't workEl chico falló de nuevo The boy failed again.El chico falló la prueba The boy failed the test.El chico le falló a Ricardo The boy failed Richard.Mi plan falló My plan failed.4 to give way.5 to miss.El misil falló el blanco The missile missed the target.6 to resolve, to judge, to rule.Ricardo falló el caso Richard judged the case.7 to fail on, to crash on.Me falla el sistema The system fails on me.* * *1 DERECHO to pass sentence, pass judgement2 (premio) to award a prize1 DERECHO to pass, pronounce2 (premio) to award————————1 (fracasar, no funcionar) to fail2 (puntería) to miss; (plan) to go wrong3 (ceder) to give way, collapse1 (en naipes) to trump* * *verb1) to fail2) miss3) rule* * *1. VI1) [freno] to fail; [plan] to fail, go wrong; [cuerda] to break, give way; [motor] to misfiresi no me falla la memoria — if my memory serves me correctly o right o well
si le das un caramelo se calla, no falla nunca — if you give him a sweet he'll shut up, it never fails
no falla, ya has vuelto a llegar tarde — * I knew it, you're late again
2) (=defraudar)fallar a algn — to let sb down, fail sb
mañana hay reunión, no me falles — there's a meeting tomorrow, don't let me down
3) (Jur) to pass judgmentfallar a favor/en contra de algn — to rule in favour of/against sb, find for/against sb
4) (Naipes) to trump2. VT1) (=errar)2) (Jur) to deliver judgment in3) [+ premio] to award4) (Naipes) to trump* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) juez/juradofallar a or en favor/en contra de alguien — to rule in favor* of/against somebody
2)a) frenos/memoria to fail; planes to go wrongotra vez llegas tarde nunca falla! — you're late again, typical!; (+ me/te/le etc)
a ti te falla/a él le falla — (AmL) (fam) you've/he's got a screw loose (colloq)
b) persona (+ me/te/le etc) to let... down2.fallar vt1) < caso> to pronounce judgment in; < premio> to award; < concurso> to decide the result of2) ( errar) to miss* * *= fail, falter, misfire, derail, crash, backfire, come + unstuck.Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex. When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.Ex. Our computer crashed, the motherboard died, taking along with her the hard drive.Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.----* no falla = reliable.* sin fallar = without fail.* si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) juez/juradofallar a or en favor/en contra de alguien — to rule in favor* of/against somebody
2)a) frenos/memoria to fail; planes to go wrongotra vez llegas tarde nunca falla! — you're late again, typical!; (+ me/te/le etc)
a ti te falla/a él le falla — (AmL) (fam) you've/he's got a screw loose (colloq)
b) persona (+ me/te/le etc) to let... down2.fallar vt1) < caso> to pronounce judgment in; < premio> to award; < concurso> to decide the result of2) ( errar) to miss* * *= fail, falter, misfire, derail, crash, backfire, come + unstuck.Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex: When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.Ex: Our computer crashed, the motherboard died, taking along with her the hard drive.Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.* no falla = reliable.* sin fallar = without fail.* si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.* * *fallar [A1 ]viA(dictaminar) «juez/jurado»: fallar a or en favor de algn to rule in favor* of sb, to find for sbfallar en contra de algn to rule o find against sbB1 «frenos/memoria» to fail; «planes» to go wrongalgo falló y se estrellaron something went wrong and they crashed(+ me/te/le etc): le falló el corazón his heart failedsi los cálculos no me fallan if my calculations are rightsi la memoria no me falla if my memory serves me wellle falló la puntería his aim was poorme falló el instinto my instinct failed me2 «persona» (+ me/te/le etc) to let … downnos fallaron dos personas two people let us downC (en naipes) to trump, ruff■ fallarvtA ‹caso› to pronounce judgment in; ‹premio› to award; ‹concurso› to decide the result ofB (errar) to missfallé el disparo y di en el árbol I missed and hit the tree* * *
fallar ( conjugate fallar) verbo intransitivo
1 [juez/jurado] fallar a or en favor/en contra de algn to rule in favor( conjugate favor) of/against sb
2
[ planes] to go wrong;
le falló la puntería he missed;
a ti te falla (AmL) (fam) you've a screw loose (colloq)
verbo transitivo ( errar) to miss;
fallar 1
I vi Jur to rule
II vtr (un premio) to award
fallar 2 verbo intransitivo
1 to fail: le falló la memoria, his memory failed
2 (decepcionar) to disappoint: no nos falles, don't let us down
' fallar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estrellarse
- pifiar
English:
adrift
- cert
- conk out
- crash
- fail
- find
- flub
- fluff
- founder
- give out
- go
- inch
- misfire
- miss
- unstuck
- break
- let
- malfunction
- rule
- wrong
* * *♦ vt1. [equivocar] [respuesta] to get wrong;[tiro] to miss2. [sentenciar] to pass sentence on;[premio] to award♦ vi1. [equivocarse] to get it wrong;[no acertar] to miss;sin fallar without fail;este truco nunca falla this trick never fails;¡no falla, en cuanto salimos se pone a llover! it never fails, whenever we go out, it starts raining!;si la memoria no me falla if my memory serves me correctly;Fam Humfallar más que una escopeta de feria: esta impresora falla más que una escopeta de feria this printer is a heap of junk2. [fracasar, flaquear] to fail;[no funcionar] to stop working; [plan] to go wrong;me fallaron los frenos my brakes didn't work;falló el suministro eléctrico there was a power cut;nos fallaron las previsiones our forecasts were outcontigo somos cuatro, no nos falles there'll be four of us if you come, don't let us down4. [quebrarse, ceder] to give way;el cable falló the cable broke o snapped5. [sentenciar]fallar a favor/en contra de alguien to find in favour of/against sb6. [en juegos de cartas] to trump* * *I v/i1 fail2 (no acertar) miss4 JUR find ( en favor de for;en contra de against)5:fallar a alguien let s.o. downII v/t1 JUR pronounce judg(e)ment in2 pregunta get wrong3:fallar el tiro miss* * *fallar vi1) fracasar: to fail, to go wrong2) : to rule (in a court of law)fallar vt1) errar: to miss (a target)2) : to pronounce judgment on* * *fallar vb1. (un tiro) to miss2. (una pregunta) to get wrong4. (no funcionar) to be wrong5. (perder resistencia) to go / to failme fallaron las piernas my legs went / my legs failed mele falla la memoria his memory is going / his memory is failing -
17 fracasar
v.1 to fail (intento, persona).El chico fracasó The boy failed.2 to be unsuccessful, to fail to accomplish anything, to draw a blank.El chico fracasó The boy failed.El detective fracasó The detective failed to accomplish anything.El proyecto fracasó The project failed.Me fracasó el muchacho My boy failed.* * *1 to fail, be unsuccessful, fall through* * *verb1) to fail2) collapse* * *1.VT LAm to mess up, make a mess of2.VI [gen] to fail, be unsuccessful; [plan] to fail, fall through* * *verbo intransitivo to fail* * *= flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex. Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex. Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.Ex. This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex. He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.Ex. The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.----* esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.* fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.* hacer fracasar = foil, derail.* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.* prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.* * *verbo intransitivo to fail* * *= flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex: Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.Ex: This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex: He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.Ex: The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.* fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.* hacer fracasar = foil, derail.* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.* prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.* * *fracasar [A1 ]vi1 «negociaciones» to fail; «plan» to fail, fall through2 «persona» to failcomo padre fracasó horriblemente he failed miserably as a fatherfracasó como actor he failed o was unsuccessful as an actorfracasar EN algo to fail IN sthfracasó en su intento de conquistar el Everest he was unsuccessful o he failed in his attempt to conquer Everest* * *
fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
to fail
fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
' fracasar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
venirse
- sonar
- tronar
English:
backfire
- bomb
- break down
- fail
- fall apart
- fall through
- flop
- founder
- miserably
- unstuck
- back
- break
- collapse
- flat
- grief
* * *fracasar vi1. [intento] to fail;[producto] to be a failure;el modelo fracasó en Europa the model was a failure in Europe2. [persona] to fail;fracasó en su intento de obtener un acuerdo he failed in his attempt to get an agreement;fracasó como cantante she was a failure as a singer* * *v/i fail* * *fracasar vi1) fallar: to fail2) : to fall through* * *fracasar vb1. (en general) to fail -
18 imaginable
adj.imaginable, conceivable.* * *► adjetivo1 imaginable* * *ADJ imaginable, conceivableno es imaginable que... — it is difficult to imagine o conceive that...
* * *adjetivo imaginable* * *= conceivable, imaginable, thinkable.Ex. This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.Ex. The actual or potential availability of virtually any imaginable data bases on CD-ROM is now a reality.Ex. This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.----* inimaginable = unimaginable.* * *adjetivo imaginable* * *= conceivable, imaginable, thinkable.Ex: This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.
Ex: The actual or potential availability of virtually any imaginable data bases on CD-ROM is now a reality.Ex: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.* inimaginable = unimaginable.* * *imaginable* * *imaginable adjimaginable, conceivable* * *adj imaginable* * *imaginable adj: imaginable, conceivable -
19 inseguridad
f.1 insecurity (falta de confianza).2 uncertainty (duda).3 lack of safety (peligro).inseguridad ciudadana lack of law and order4 unsafe condition, unsafety.* * *1 (falta de confianza) insecurity2 (duda) uncertainty3 (peligro) lack of safety\inseguridad ciudadana lack of safety on the streets* * *SF1) (=peligro) lack of safetyinseguridad ciudadana — lack of safety in the streets, decline in law and order
2) (=falta de confianza) insecurity3) (=falta de estabilidad) unsteadiness4) (=incertidumbre) uncertainty* * *a) ( falta de confianza) insecurityb) (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadinessc) ( falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of securityd) (en ciudad, barrio)hay mucha inseguridad en esta ciudad — this city is very unsafe o dangerous
* * *= insecurity, precariousness, unsureness.Ex. Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.Ex. In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.Ex. She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.----* inseguridad ciudadana = street crime.* * *a) ( falta de confianza) insecurityb) (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadinessc) ( falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of securityd) (en ciudad, barrio)hay mucha inseguridad en esta ciudad — this city is very unsafe o dangerous
* * *= insecurity, precariousness, unsureness.Ex: Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.
Ex: In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.Ex: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.* inseguridad ciudadana = street crime.* * *1 (falta de confianza) insecurity2 (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadiness3 (falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of security4(en una ciudad, un barrio): hay mucha inseguridad en nuestras ciudades our cities are very unsafela inseguridad ciudadana the lack of safety on our streets* * *
inseguridad sustantivo femenino
d) (en ciudad, barrio):
inseguridad sustantivo femenino
1 (falta de confianza) insecurity
2 (duda) uncertainty
3 (peligro) lack of safety
inseguridad ciudadana, crime
' inseguridad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ciudadano
English:
diffidence
- insecurity
- unsteadiness
* * *inseguridad nf1. [falta de confianza] insecurity2. [duda] uncertainty3. [peligro] lack of safetyinseguridad ciudadana:ha aumentado la inseguridad ciudadana people feel less safe on the streets* * *f2 de estructura unsteadiness3 ( peligro) lack of safety, danger;está aumentando la inseguridad ciudadana the coutry is becoming increasingly dangerous* * *inseguridad nf1) : insecurity2) : lack of safety3) : uncertainty* * *inseguridad n insecurity -
20 laboral
adj.labor (derecho).* * *► adjetivo1 labour\accidente laboral industrial accident, accident in the workplace* * ** * ** * *= occupational, work-related.Ex. The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.Ex. Reading for education or reading for work-related information may be unpleasant chores for many people but nevertheless chores that cannot be avoided.----* accidente laboral = occupational injury, occupational accident.* acoso laboral = workplace mobbing.* ascenso laboral = job promotion.* asunto laboral = work-related issue.* comunidad laboral = working community.* condiciones laborales = working conditions, occupational conditions, work conditions, work life.* condiciones laborales de calidad = quality of work life (QWL).* convenio laboral = labour agreement, labour-management agreement.* cuestión laboral = work-related issue.* derecho laboral = employment law.* enfermedad laboral = occupational disease.* entorno laboral = work environment, working environment.* estrés laboral = job stress.* horario laboral = hours of operation, opening hours, working hours, work hours.* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.* incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.* inserción laboral = job placement, labour insertion.* jornada laboral = day's work, work hours.* mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.* política laboral = labour policy.* precariedad laboral = job insecurity, job instability.* prevención de riesgos laborales = occupational hazard prevention.* productividad laboral = labour productivity.* promoción laboral = job promotion.* puesto laboral = staff position.* reforma laboral = labour reform.* rendimiento laboral = work performance.* riesgo laboral = occupational hazard.* semana laboral = working week.* situación laboral = employment status.* terminar la jornada laboral = clock off + work.* * ** * *= occupational, work-related.Ex: The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.
Ex: Reading for education or reading for work-related information may be unpleasant chores for many people but nevertheless chores that cannot be avoided.* accidente laboral = occupational injury, occupational accident.* acoso laboral = workplace mobbing.* ascenso laboral = job promotion.* asunto laboral = work-related issue.* comunidad laboral = working community.* condiciones laborales = working conditions, occupational conditions, work conditions, work life.* condiciones laborales de calidad = quality of work life (QWL).* convenio laboral = labour agreement, labour-management agreement.* cuestión laboral = work-related issue.* derecho laboral = employment law.* enfermedad laboral = occupational disease.* entorno laboral = work environment, working environment.* estrés laboral = job stress.* horario laboral = hours of operation, opening hours, working hours, work hours.* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.* incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.* inserción laboral = job placement, labour insertion.* jornada laboral = day's work, work hours.* mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.* política laboral = labour policy.* precariedad laboral = job insecurity, job instability.* prevención de riesgos laborales = occupational hazard prevention.* productividad laboral = labour productivity.* promoción laboral = job promotion.* puesto laboral = staff position.* reforma laboral = labour reform.* rendimiento laboral = work performance.* riesgo laboral = occupational hazard.* semana laboral = working week.* situación laboral = employment status.* terminar la jornada laboral = clock off + work.* * *accidentes laborales work-related accidents, accidents in the workplace* * *
laboral adjetivo ‹problemas/conflictos› labor( conjugate labor) ( before n), work ( before n);
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laboral adjetivo industrial, labour: tuvo un accidente laboral, he had an industrial accident
jornada laboral, working day
relación/ situación laboral, labour relation/ situation
' laboral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absentismo
- accidente
- conflicto
- derecha
- derecho
- derogación
- hábil
- historial
- plaza
- reivindicación
- incapacidad
- inseguridad
- jornada
- semana
- universidad
English:
absenteeism
- dispute
- industrial
- job opportunity
- labour
- occupational
- relationship
- trouble
- work ethic
- workday
- working
- working environment
- working-day
- labor
- settlement
- work
* * *laboral adj[semana, jornada, horario, condiciones] working; [derecho, costos, mercado] labour; [conflicto] industrial;accidente laboral industrial accident* * *adj labor atr, Brlabour atr* * *laboral adj1) : work, laborcostos laborales: labor costs2)estancia laboral : workstation
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